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WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont State Police say tests have determined that a trooper encountered heroin before he collapsed and was revived by threeRead More

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit alleging Sandy Hook Elementary School officials failed toRead More

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers might try to pump some life into the state’s troubled wild blueberry industry by overhauling the makeup of theRead More

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — A convicted drug dealer who escaped from a federal prison facility in Georgia last month has been arrested in Willimantic, Connecticut.Read More

SABATTUS, Maine (AP) — Fire officials in Maine say two fatal fires in the state in recent days were caused by accidents. One of theRead More

LIMERICK, Maine (AP) — A man has been killed in a single-car crash in Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports that 54-year-old Ronald Lucier, of Limerick, wasRead More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Drugstore chain CVS Health has agreed to pay a $535,000 penalty to resolve federal allegations that it filled 39 prescriptions forRead More

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Police have captured a man they say has been leaving decapitated chickens outside a Connecticut home. Westport police say a residentRead More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island are investigating the death of a woman who apparently fell from a third-story window. Providence police areRead More

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s corrections department says the former governor pardoned two people in his last days in office without consulting the clemency boardRead More